Rutgers Law Helps Women Abused in NJ Prison Receive Compensation
Rutgers Law School students played a crucial role in a $20.8 million settlement providing compensation to women who recently served time at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women (EMCF), where a systemic culture of abuse has been well documented. Students worked directly with claimants who served time in New Jersey’s only women’s state prison. ...
Rutgers Law Professor Wins National Prize for Outstanding Article in Philosophy of Law
New Assistant Dean Launches First-of-its-Kind Program
Vanessa Williams is Rutgers Law’s first assistant dean of new programs, charged with expanding the school’s educational programming to reach a wider audience. Her first initiative is a cannabis certificate program for New Jersey cultivators and retailers....
Rutgers Law Celebrates Military Veterans
Each Veterans Day, our nation honors those who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces. We join in the celebration with highlights of three Rutgers Law students and one alumna who have served. ...
Impacting the Scales of Justice
3L Kate Doyle, who was instrumental in shaping the new law, testified before the New Jersey Senate Health, Human Services and Senior Citizens Committee in May 2021. Photo by Brandon Cantarella CCAS’17 for the New Jersey Senate Majority. ...
First-Year Law Students Begin Rutgers Law School Journey
Incoming Rutgers Law School student Adebisi Ibitoye is a native of one of the 27 countries represented in the 2022-2023 first year class. She came to New Jersey from Nigeria and took advantage of the Law School’s 3+3 Program, which allows students to earn their undergraduate and law degrees in six years instead of seven. “If you had told me five years ago that I’d be here, I’d probably say, ‘Maybe, I’m not sure,’” she said. “I’m happy that I made my younger self happy to be here and I know [we all] are going to do well.”...
Groundbreaking Human Rights Case Settled Against Former Bolivian Officials
Meet Rutgers Law Visiting Professor Yolanda Vázquez
Yolanda Vázquez is teaching Property as this year’s Paul A. Rudino Visiting Professor of Law at Rutgers Law School in Newark. She is on leave from the University of Cincinnati College of Law where she teaches criminal procedure, property, immigration, and “crimmigration” (the intersection of criminal law and immigration law.)...
Rutgers Law Professor Honored with Inaugural Public Service Award
Rutgers Law Professor J.C. Lore is the inaugural recipient of the Jo Ann Harris Public Service Award from the National Institute of Trial Advocacy (NITA). This award recognizes faculty members who demonstrate a strong commitment to teaching and supporting public service programs, which are designed to improve the skills of lawyers who help underserved communities. NITA made the announcement on December 1....